Grandparents & Great-Grandparents to be!

Yesterday, we went and told my mum, grandparents and ALS' grandparents our news.  We were initially going to wait until after our scan at 7 weeks, but I already felt bad that I'd not involved my mum in the IVF process and not even told her what was happening.  That being said, I was absolutely petrified to tell her as she often says "Don't get any ideas" when I tell her someone's pregnant and I also didn't want her to be upset about the fact that she'd not been involved so far.

Fortunately, she was incredibly supportive.  She knew about the IVF process but didn't know that we had already started so she was quite shocked.  However, she said she'd had suspicions because last time we discussed the process I seemed to know WAY too much detail!  She's over the moon and completely understood my decision to not tell her about the IVF due to her health (she has suffered with anxiety and depression for a long time and recently has started having stress-induced migraines).  She admitted that she'd have worried a lot about it and that this was probably for the best.  She has, however, informed me that from hereon in she will be here night and day, for anything I need.  My grandparents were also pretty pleased and my grandad (to ALS' relief) took it all very well - I think he especially liked the part where he found out that it was IVF so he can keep his image of his sweet, innocent grandaughter.  My grandma actually asked for my permission to start knitting bits for the baby (after we've had a scan and confirmation that everything is okay - always practical).

We followed this up with a trip to ALS' grandparents (accompanied by his dad, stepmother and brother) to tell them.  His grandad was so overwhelmed he actually cried - which was a beautiful moment.  They're both very excited.  They all celebrated with a glass of wine (except for the proud parents as I'm pregnant and ALS was driving) but everyone else enjoyed it!

It's starting to sink in now... a little bit.  There's still a long way to go before I actually accept what's happening and it starts to feel real.